Proverbs 12:18:6Prov.12.18.W6TAB
חֲכָמִ֣ים
khakhamim
“wise ones”
- Transliteration
- kha-kha-MIM
- Extended
- khah-khaa-MEEM
- IPA
- /ħăxaːˈmiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wise ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-kha-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-kha-MIM mar-PE
- clause
u-le-SHON kha-kha-MIM mar-PE
- sentence
YESH bo-TE ke-mad-ke-ROT KHA-rev u-le-SHON kha-kha-MIM mar-PE
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction w- establishes the contrast, where leshon chakhamim {וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים | wŭ-le-šōn ḥa-kha-mīm} functions as subject and marpe {מַרְפֵּֽא | mar-pe} as predicate in a parallel structure that underscores harmful versus beneficial speech.
In context — Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like stabbings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 12:18, so the Hebrew word חֲכָמִ֣ים (khakhamim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.12.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.18.W6.S1) and character.